Author Archives: genealogy

Dottie Demarest, of the Georgia Heritage Room at the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library was featured with Gloria Lucas and Corey Rogers on a Channel 6 program about African American Funeral Programs. Watch it here: http://www2.wjbf.com/news/2013/feb/13/2/local-african-american-funeral-program-collection-ar-5586500/

Fold3 is offering free access to their Black History Records in honor of Black History Month. I don’t know how long this will last so hop to it! http://go.fold3.com/blackhistory/?xid=1577

Augusta Genealogical Society is holding an all day workshop on Saturday, March 2, 2013. This workshop is for people who would like to learn how to search for their ancestors. It will last from 8:45 to 3:15 at the Covenant … Continue reading →

The Friends of the National Archives-Southeast Region will be hosting a monthly webinar on Tuesday, February 12th at 2pm. The webinar is titled, “Exploring the Records of the Freedmen’s Bureau.”  The webinar is free and easy to use and you … Continue reading →

Sign up now for the Heritage Scrapbooking Class. It will be held Saturday, February 9th at 2:00 in the Georgia Room on the third floor of the Augusta-Richmond Public Library. Preregistration is required. Aspasia Luster will lead the class. She … Continue reading →

If you have Irish ancestry, IrishCentral.com announced some exciting news! On Thursday, January 24th, findmypast.ie will release millions of free Irish records for the public to search online. You can read more about the records here: http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Online-Irish-History-Day-launched-with-21-million-birth-marriage-and-death-records-released-187578211.html#ixzz2IcG0VRqa To start searching … Continue reading →

This January, Reese Library will host Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience exhibit. The traveling exhibition opening on Friday, January 18, examines the challenges faced by African-American baseball players as they sought equal opportunities in the sport beginning in … Continue reading →

Reese Library Special Collections will be sponsoring a writer’s workshop for the “Augusta-Richmond County Journal” on February 2, 2013 from 11 am to 1 pm.  Dr. Russell Brown, the journal’s editor, will be available to discuss the writer’s guidelines and … Continue reading →

ATLANTA — January 2, 2013 A nine-member working group will begin the planning work needed to ultimately transfer control and operation of the Georgia State Archives from the Georgia Secretary of State to the Board of Regents. The transfer requires … Continue reading →

Here is the 2013 webinar schedule for the Friends of the National Archives Southeast Region. Please check the website (http://www.friendsnas.org/webinarSch.htm) monthly in case the topic or webinar time has changed: 8 Jan 2pm Sandra Crowley: Lights, Camera, Action! Turning Your … Continue reading →